Tag: Street

A much-anticipated railway underpass on Adelaide Street is one step closer to reality after London’s civic works committee recommended awarding a $2.4-million contract for its detailed design to a consultant. During Tuesday’s meeting, roads and transportation director Doug MacRae said an environmental assessment is complete but there’s still lots of work to do before Londoners…

Commuters in the downtown core could have another possible traffic headache on their hands. Multiple lanes on Toronto’s York Street will be closed until 2020 due to construction on Toronto’s underground PATH system. Beginning Friday, one lane in each direction on York Street between Bremner Boulevard and Lake Shore Boulevard West will be closed until…

A petition to preserve the pillars that once held up the Gardiner Expressway’s York Street off-ramp has been launched online. The York-Bay-Yonge Gardiner off-ramp was closed in 2017 and replaced with a new, shorter ramp which opened at the beginning of this year. The pillars which held up the York Street portion of the former…

A Winnipeg construction worker was shot while walking along Powers Street in what appears to be a completely random and unprovoked attack. Police said the man, 46, was walking to work Monday at about 6:30 a.m. near Pritchard Avenue when he was shot in the upper body. He was taken to hospital in unstable condition…

Trying to find on-street parking in downtown Halifax can be frustrating at the best of times. Even more so for one Nova Scotia woman, who says she was discouraged to find accessible spots removed due to a construction project. “I had already had to drive around for 45 minutes to find parking because of new…

Wed, Oct 31: With Halifax council unanimously supporting a closer look at building a football stadium, some think it’s a step towards having a pro football team in the city. But it doesn’t mean it’s a done deal. Jeremy Keefe reports. Source link

Emergency crews are blocking off a neighbourhood street in Kelowna after construction crews struck a gas line this morning. The Kelowna fire department was on scene, as were Fortis crews plus local police. Global News Gas could be heard roaring out of the damaged line near the intersection of Glenwood and Richter. Construction crews hit…

For more than a year, High Street was the low point of Moose Jaw. The longstanding eyesore was voted the worst road in Saskatchewan earlier this year. But with Halloween just around the corner, residents say they’re ready to put the nightmare on High Street behind them. “We’ve gone from being the worst paved road…

Construction on a priority bus lane in Halifax’s downtown core is set to get underway on Wednesday. The Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) says construction on the Gottingen Street priority bus lane is set to begin on Wednesday, with construction to be focused on the area between Cogswell Street and North Street. The HRM expects construction…